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Category: Schools

  • Losing the richness of education data: Arts education and teacher research impacts

    Losing the richness of education data: Arts education and teacher research impacts

    Sep 15, 2025

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    Elise Christopher
    in Data Preservation, Reporting, Schools

    Dr. Ken Elpus from UMD shares how losing access to rich, national data like NCES’ affects the field of arts education and downstream users of the data.

  • What We’re Losing When DOGE Cuts the U.S. Department of Education

    What We’re Losing When DOGE Cuts the U.S. Department of Education

    Jul 24, 2025

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    Kathleen Flanagan
    in Data Analysis, Reporting, Schools, Test and Survey

    By: Kathleen Flanagan, Ph.D. Department of Education Cuts The Federal Department of Education (ED) was largely decimated by the 2025 DOGE budget cuts. Staffing at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the research and measurement arm of ED responsible for running the federally mandated NAEP Program (e.g., the National Assessment of Educational Progress), was…

  • U.S. Postsecondary Institutions’ Average Tuition and Fees Roughly Double in 20 Years

    U.S. Postsecondary Institutions’ Average Tuition and Fees Roughly Double in 20 Years

    Jun 11, 2025

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    Tiffany Yanosky
    in Data Analysis, Reporting, Schools

    According to data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the average annual tuition and fees for full-time students at postsecondary institutions in the United States, after adjusting for inflation, roughly doubled from 2003–04 to 2023–24. Such increasing tuition and fees might influence students either to…

  • U.S. Trends in Conferred Postsecondary Degrees in Health Professions 

    U.S. Trends in Conferred Postsecondary Degrees in Health Professions 

    May 28, 2025

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    Tiffany Yanosky
    in Data Analysis, Reporting, Schools

    Conferred Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctor’s Degrees in the Health Professions According to data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the numbers of conferred degrees in healthcare programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctor’s levels in the United States have increased in recent years. For decades,…

  • Beyond the Hype: Examining Common Claims About Private Schools

    Beyond the Hype: Examining Common Claims About Private Schools

    Mar 29, 2025

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    Carolyn Grim
    in Schools

    Social media discussions about education often feature confident assertions that don’t hold up under scrutiny. Recently on Reddit, I encountered two typical claims about private and charter schools: “Many charter and private schools have vastly better student outcomes for far less money per-student.” “There are charter schools with near 100% college acceptance rates for seniors.…

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